Dzunisani Vimba

To maximise production outputs without compromising safety standards

Metallurgy Supervisor - Northam Platinum

(2018-11)

• Planning of equipment maintenance
• Investigate accidents and incidents
• Assist with training and assessment programs for operation workforce to ensure an understanding of work and safety requirement for each task
• Managing production inventory
• Commissioning of Dewatering Plant
• Managing a work force of 92 employees; Leave planning, employee development, grievances, and section placement
• Informal and Formal disciplinary cases
• Assist in managing cost budget
• Effective operation of the plant according to process parameters and business plan
• Ensure compliance on health and safety regulations and drafting of safety documents

Shift Foreman - Phoenix Platinum

(2014-03 - 2018-11)

• Lead and supervise process operation team
• Communicate equipment defect with maintenance department to run the plant to set parameters
• Lead and conduct a safety toolbox talk meeting every shift
• Ensure proper shift handover
• Ensure all accident and incidents are reported and investigated
• Oversee plant sampling
• Placing employees on sections
• Leave planning
• Enforcing discipline on shift
• Ensure that subordinates run the plant according to standard
• Relieving Plant Superintendent

Control Room Operator - Phoenix Platinum

(2011-08 - 2014-02)

• Supervising subordinates
• Trouble shooting
• Commissioning
• Plant operation within the required parameter
• Ensure early identification of plant malfunction
• Log any incidents, instructions and important changes made in the plant and record breakdown
• Updating shift figures on metallurgical accounting spread sheet
• Identify and communicate any possible hazards

Acting Plant Metallurgist - Sylvania Metals

(2010-12 - 2011-07)

• Reporting to management plant performance
• Managing sample dispatch, reconciliations and payments
• Oversee plant sampling
• Plant optimization
• Metallurgical accounting

Plant Operator - Sylvania Metals

(2009-08 - 2010-11)

Control room operation

• Ball mill discharge grading
• Batch float tests
• Ball mill operation
• Spiral plant operation
• Flotation plant operation

Metallurgist Student Trainee - Impala Platinum, (Smelter plant)

(2008-11 - 2009-04)

• Operation of dryers, Furnaces, Converters and off gas cleaning section
• Control room operation
• Plant projects
• Commissioning of off gas cleaning section
• Training operators
• Supervising subordinates

Process Controller in Training - Bette Sanitary ware

(2007-11 - 2008-10)

• Operation of machines (Casting machines, Mills, Kiln)
• Product quality inspection
• Laboratory work
• Reporting plant monthly production to management
• Supervising subordinates
• Plant projects

N. Diploma - Hydro Extraction Metallurgy - VUT (2010)

B. Tech - Metallurgical engineering - TUT (2014)

Bcom - Accounting Science in Financial Accounting - UNISA